Dion Dawkins
Buffalo BillsModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 15 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Comps
STM Take
Nine straight years as starting LT plus three Pro Bowls and the 2024 tier 3 (#24) peak make Dawkins one of the cornerstone protectors of Josh Allen's career. The 2025 tier 6 (#45) drop at age 32 after the Pro Bowl-level 2024 raises the late-career trajectory question. The 2026 question is whether Buffalo extends him through age 34 or whether they use a high pick to plan succession.
Dawkins came out of Temple as the Buffalo Bills' 2nd-round pick (63rd overall) in 2017 and has held the LT job for nine straight seasons. He has made three consecutive Pro Bowls (2022-2024) protecting Josh Allen's blind side and is the longest-tenured offensive lineman of the Bills' Allen era. His STTM career arc runs through tier 4 (#31) in 2021, tier 6 (#43) in 2022, tier 5 (#39) in 2023, the tier 3 (#24) Pro Bowl peak in 2024, then back to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 at age 32.
Strengths
- Three straight Pro Bowls (2022-2024) plus the 2024 tier 3 (#24) peak protecting Josh Allen confirms he was one of the top-25 LTs in football at career peak.
- Nine straight years at starting LT for the same team is the kind of position stability fewer than ten active LTs can claim.
Concerns
- Tier 3 (#24) in 2024 to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 is a 21-spot drop in one year that lines up with the structural age-32 decline at LT.
- Buffalo's cap and roster build around Allen's QB contract limits the runway to extend Dawkins beyond his current deal.
What to watch: Whether Dawkins returns to tier 4 or better in 2026 with Buffalo's offensive line healthy, or whether the 2025 tier 6 finish marks the start of the late-career decline.